Puppetry From Around the World

[Idit Caperton]

Dear Beth,
A Lovely Idea. Or actually - a lovely set of ideas....
Here are a few questions and suggestions, based on our experience of
creating activities for XO,  that may help you think it through.
 
You say you are a programmer. For the XO laptop it may be best for you to
use the Python programming language - is that your plan? Especially if you
want to include integration to journal, mesh functionality, etc.
Are you forming a team to work on this project? OR planning to do it
yourself?
Other things to think about: are you also a digital designer, can you use
Photoshop well? are you a writer? a software producer? etc. etc.
 
It may be best to start by writing a concept paper or proposal that
describes the project you have in mind in detail, and post it on the OLPC
wiki. You can upload hand-drawings and charts and diagrams. The community
may help you work on it. Describe the purpose of it, the software and the
interface you want to build, related curriculum and learning activities,
etc.Then, for a team to build a working Demo (using Python) that runs on the
XO (more developed than the sketch you shared so far). Think about what
people/talent do you need to collaborate with? Did you design/program
anything like this before?
 
Other things to think about:
Are you thinking about creating a digital toolkit with a related digital
collection of puppets for kids to explore puppets from around the world,
their clothes, features, language, and culture... Maybe better because in
many developing countries where OLPC is the kids may not have access to the
physical materials but they will have access to as many bits as they wish,
photographs from the Net, etc.
 
Are our thinking about creating a tool for kids to design and then create
their own digital puppets AND physical puppets -- maybe guide them on
wiki-based research that they do from wherever they are in the world about
various puppets in various cultures and told to document their learning
about puppets and kids in other cultures, languages, foods, habits, etc.?
 
What am I missing?
:)
 
Best regards, Idit.
 
Idit Harel Caperton
President, World Wide Workshop
www.WorldWideWorkshop.org/olpcwiki
Latest Release:
http://www.worldwideworkshop.org/olpcwiki/index.php?title=Latest_Release
 


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From: library-bounces at lists.laptop.org
[mailto:library-bounces at lists.laptop.org] On Behalf Of Beth Berry
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 5:50 PM
To: library at lists.laptop.org
Subject: Re: Puppetry From Around the World


Samuel, thank you for the suggestions. Sounds good. 
 
I have quite a few patterns for how to make puppets out of ordinary objects
found around most classrooms or houses, so yes, I can certainly add
information on classroom puppet construction. 
 
I worked in the Outreach department of the Center for Puppetry Arts and part
of my job was designing "Make a Puppet" workshops for different age groups. 

I have created several cirriculums for week long puppetry workshops that
focus on a topic (like dinosaurs or the solar system), and encourage the
entire class to put a show together in one week's worth of 1 hour a day
lesson plans. 
 
So, I'll be happy to share my knowledge in that area, too. 
 
Thanks for the feedback. 
Beth

 
On 11/6/07, Samuel Klein <sj at laptop.org> wrote: 


Hello Beth,

A combination of html pages with images, text, and video would make a fine
content bundle.  Just be careful to make each bundle a reasonable size; 
anything over 10MB is a bit large.  Are you thinking of helping children
discover how to make puppets?

Two people you might want to contact are Yvette Edery, who works on
puppets in new york and might be able to offer her own help, and Felicity 
Tepper, working on our wikiHow collection.

Warmly,
SJ


On Sun, 4 Nov 2007, Beth Berry wrote:

> Hi there, I am new to the content group, and am interested in creating a
> content piece on puppetry from around the world.  I have a large
collection 
> of puppets from Indonesia, China, and Vietnam, and also have connection
with
> the Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta, GA.
>
> What would you suggest as the best way to get started creating a content 
> package of this nature? I'd like to include text, images, and video.  I am
> very computer savvy and have some programming knowledge.
>
> I very much look forward to contributing to any and all content projects 
> that I am qualified to contribute within.
>
> Thanks,
> Beth Berry
> beth at darnlucky.com
>



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